George Russell described 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen’s driving as “win it or 𝓀bin it” after their clash at the F1 Spanish G♌rand Prix.

The latest in a series of Verstappen v Russell skirmishes came in Barcelona on Sunday, when the Red Bull driver was penalised for contact with his 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Mercedes counterpart.

Verstappen, struggling on a hard tyre and asked to concede position back to Russell before “ramming him”, according to Nico Rosberg, was given a 10-second time penꦦalty.

“He’s a hard racer, it's as simple as that,” 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell told Channel 4.

“He’s a ‘win it or bin it’ kind of guy.

“In the past few ye𒉰ars he has been ♕out in front so we haven’t seen it.

“But we💃’ve 🐈all been racing Max for a long time, since 2011.

“That’s his style. I won’t say anything negative about it because he’s a four-time world champion ꦚand I’m a zero-time world🌱 champion so he’s obviously doing something right.

“But🍷 there are obviously a lot of young kids who look up to all of the F1 drivers.

“You seeꦜ things like he d༒id in Imola, and you’ve got to take your hat off.

“Then you see things🌱 like today and it seemed unnecessary. I don’t really understand the rationale.”

George Russell asked how to defend against Max Verstappen

Verstappen previously responded to Russell’s concerns about the influence on aspiring drivers by 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:sarcastically saying “I’ll 🃏bring so☂me tissues”.

Although he initially refused to answer whether it was a deliberate move, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Verstappen later 🦋expressed regret.

Christian Horner revealed that Ver🍬stappen apologised to Red Bull at their debrief.

But Russell kno♑ws there is nothing that can be done differently to co♚mbat Verstappen’s aggressive tactics.

“Not really. You just𒉰 continue raꦚcing as you do,” he said.

“We came home ahead of him. He probably could have fought back to the podium🍎 because Charles and I, on the soft tyre, were dropping. It would have come back to him.

“I’m just glad we had no d𒈔amag♒e and could finish the race in P4.”

Russell described the incident: “From my side, he just crashed into me! So I was♐ a little bit surprised.

“Tur🌱n 1 there was a bꦗit of contact. He kept the place. Rightly so, he gave me the position back at Turn 5.

“But when he did that, he ꦕwent on the throttle and crashed into the side of me.

“I don’t know what was going on. We finished P4, h♈e got the penalty and finished P10, so I won’t lose sleep ov♔er it.”

He added: “I’ve seen those sort of moves in simulator racing be🌳fore.

“I’ve never seen ❀it in Formula 1. It’s down to the stewards if they think it was de💞liberate.”

The i🌳ncident overshadowed a solid result for Merc𒊎edes driver Russell.

Without any immi🌊nent upgrades, he ✅is left hoping for favourable weather.

“Right 🍸now, all we need iꦚs a cloudy day and cold conditions,” he said.

“The trends are clear - when it’s ꧑cool, or a night race, we are pretty good. When it’s hot and toasty the McLarens go off into the di♊stance and we go backwards.”